Charlie Connelly seemed like the last person in the world to get into a gunfight with outlaws. He’d spent most of his adult life as a teacher....
The Teacher and the Badmen
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Articles
The Saga of Pancho Villa Pt. I
A bright orange glow spread across the eastern New Mexico horizon on the morning of March 9th, 1916. The sleepy border town of Columbus was slowly...
They Headed Them North
With communities from South Texas to Kansas celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Chisholm Trail in 2017, The Shawnee-Arbuckle Cattle Trail...
Mangas Coloradas’ Undue Fate
There's no way to look at the murder and mutilation of Apache Chief Mangas Coloradas without horror. He is considered by historians as one one of...
Did Wyatt Earp Live in the House Where the Statue Stands at the Corner of Fremont and First Streets?
Did Wyatt Earp Live in the House Where the Statue Stands at the Corner of Fremont and First Streets? Vic Perry — Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada....
Big Iron On His Hip
I met Marty Robbins in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at a National Cowboy Hall of Fame event in 1979. He was there to receive the Golden Trustee Award...
Johnny Lingo: Nothing That Glitters Is Gold
Pretty much everyone knows what “just joshing you” means, but how did this common substitute to “pulling a leg” or teasing someone found its way...
Stuart’s Stranglers
Stuart’s Stranglers had a brief but deadly life in 1884. Civic and political leader Granville Stuart formed the group after several of his cattle...
Gateway to the West
Located on a plateau above the west bank of the Missouri River and its confluence with the Platte River, Omaha has always been a good spot for...
Osceola’s Imprisonment
Osceola is probably the best known leader of the Seminoles. He was not born a chief in 1804 (his father was an Englishman). But his natural...
American Horse’s Embarrassing Mistake
The story is told of how the great Sioux leader American Horse made a painful mistake in battle. It was sometime in the 1860s, before he had become...
The West’s Best Art Museums 2017
The best art museums don’t just show you art. They show you history. They show you personalities. They move you. Our top museums certainly did that...